Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner

Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner

2002
★★★☆☆ 6.9/10
⏱️ 172 minutes
📅 Released
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FantasyDrama
Based on a local legend and set in an unknown era, it deals with universal themes of love, possessiveness, family, jealousy and power. Beautifully shot, and acted by Inuit people, it portrays a time when people fought duels by taking turns to punch each other until one was unconscious, made love on the way to the caribou hunt, ate walrus meat and lit their igloos with seal-oil lamps.

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Director
Zacharias Kunuk
Writer
Paul Apak Angilirq, Pauloosie Qulitalik, Herve Paniaq
Producer
Norman Cohn, Paul Apak Angilirq, Zacharias Kunuk

Production

Igloolik Isuma Productions Inc.

Keywords

jealousysibling relationshipinuitnative americanarctic polar circle regionevil spiritrevengedog sledigloobased on myths, legends or folklore